The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-20 00:00:00

INISTERIAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION. 44 xvh Yes, the State-plays hour is passed, And the curtain's fallen at last, And, Heaven be thanked for all its mercies, That my dreaded worst no worse is! Still, despite Hume's doubtful face, Lucky dog ! I keep my place ; Still, despite Brougham's threatening sway, Whose every lineament says "nay," I draw the cash on quarter- , : fa y ; Though I dread to think now soon That day for me may 'pass its noon— For brighter far t l ian lovers' hey-day, Dawns on me t: fie sun of pay-day, And were't bat briefly to endure, The shock would be my death, I'm sure I do so sad and desponding as I, but three short weeks since ? Who so blythe and exultant now ? I protest I scarcely know tnysel'."—Con greve's Double Dealer. Heaven be thanked, thr: Session's closed ! And the House whe ,- e oft I dozed, While sleep-compelling Sibthorp prosed, Rings no more through roof and rafter To Peel's or Do - as sardonic laughter ; Jr Bruen's broad, stentorian " Hear !" Or Goulbura's vain attempt to cheer, While dar , per-whiskered Bcn was speaking, Or meledious Wynn was squeaking His notions on some routine fact As lively as a Turnpike Act— Th At House, where Shaw, and Twiss, and others, LAke a Christian band of brothers, ao charitably closed my eyes With their laudanum lullabies, Looks forlorn and gloomy now, As Sir Robert's phiz, I trove, When he, together with the Duke, And Sugden in his new peruque, • Sounded from place a long retreat, And looked his last at Downing street ! But } fold—a truce to thoughts of sadness-- flip, Lurra for hope and gladness Shout ye subs., with rapture crazed, " The Session's over, Heaven be praised !" Wake the echos of the Parks, And make the welkin ring, ye clerks, With one loud roar of exultation In honour of the prorogation A'S for Brougham, if chance you spy him, F-inap your fingers and defy him ; An.d Hume, should he look fit to burst V,trith anger, bid him do his worst ; For well ye know, depite his pique, For months he cannot vote nor speak— Joints of Dan O'Connell's tail, Each separate joint, I bid you hail ! Join with me in making jolly days Of our present welcome holydays, And daily toasting o'er your wine, " The Whigs for ever !_nine times nine! !" ' A short time since, previoui to Sir Edward Sugden's acceptance of the Irish C hancellorship, he ordered a fine new official peruque of the Vig-Maker near Lincoln's Inn, expressly stipulating that it should be Stich as should wear well and long ; but lo! before he had worn it a Was ear, or a si ngle lock had got out of order, Sir Robert Peel's Ministry dissolved, and the poor Chancellor's official wig was thrown aside— a' We strongly suspect, for ever. JOINT- STOCK BANKS IN FRANCE , e progre'ss of joint-stock banking in France, where the 131. . I neiple h as , so lately come into operation as disconnected 1 1 , / i i t t l b _the . 04 overnment, will be watched on . both sides the water I; , t ; 4 na cural interest, for, according to its success, it is likely ork important changes in the monetary and commercial t ? l ` o _elr, of both countries. In proportion as paper money gets ,rorP, accredited, and therefore more abundant, commercial ~,, ~ J ita will b e more extended and easy, and specie, yet corn anV Vativ e l y the sole circulation of France, being less in demand cl m ore readily di spense d w i t h, w ill b e f ound to flow out bn" rt become more largely an article of commerce and ex- ;'. Such a c h ange m i g h t i n some respects be an ad. -,; 4 „ nt ge to this, if not to other countries, since France for the t 'l r Nsea of internal circulation holds perhaps a larger propor i„m,of the precious metals, of silver at least, than any state 0 - f , '., l '.rope. At a late meeting of the Council of Delegates , -- i, Te shareholders an exposition of the situation and business 1, - : k !rte Lafitte bank in Paris for the last ten months, was ex -Iwted, the results of which appear to be satisfactory. The t elieral movement of receipts and payments was, on the aye- Oge per mont h, d ur i ng t h e quarter commencing in October :,-Il dlt°°o 1 6, 0f 500,00f. ; during th e quarter f rom J anuary, —l ,OO. ; du o ring the quarter from Ap r il, 53 , 00 0,000 f. ; a•d for the last month of July, the amount had increased o part a „,, l3 : n v 68,0 00,000 f. In the discount branch, the de and indiomatcYre especially of a commercial character. monthly avers its of discounts its influence on commerce, the ; 00,e00f. discounts for the first quarter stated thir dp par B t ,ooo,ooof . ; ; for the second, 14,000,000 f. ; for the The and for the month of July, 20,200,000 . f. most of the report which will, however, be regarded with , , general cur' • is the f the issue and circu •ation of „ iosity, ba_,, credit notes," as they are termed, being in effect ~,,' K.-ielotes bearing interest. During the last month the issue r amounttb se had increased by 3,500,000 f., making the total or a b ou t ° circulation on the 31st of July nearly 13,000,000 f., orea 520,000/. Ouring the present month it has in • eased bY 2 00 the prejudice Which h , ° ,o r.)of. more. Considering tin ie of as so strealgly prevailed in France ever since the eire a h, • t he ar.,ignats against every description of note shouici tion ~.. ,„„ " will create snrprsse that this new bank Ivith t i,"' well have succeeded in establishing its credit 'a Public as to be able to sustain a floating mass to I) er D Col t o t h at extent . U n l ess some heavy shocbk v . : Llblic confidence should arise ou t o f t h ose num b er - .av ed " l ,Pany specul a ti ons , o f a m i sce ll aneous character, which 1 , 4 1 ; 01 111111 g the p resent an d l ast year sprung up in France, of %ar t i. s° bet persons entertain apprehensi ons , i t i s clear this NordinT circulation is susceptibl e o f a muc h greater expansion, t idoes, so many facilities in the way of specula ; but • geri on , it may be doubted whether it c . ould be supported viv a i 5, aeY monetary or commercial crisis, or even stir- L A C'S effects. The number of accounts opened at the loo tt i! Bank was also on the increase. For the last 'With ,1 2 ,115 of these were on the book, which, as compared Pro6 t 'e month preceding, showed an excess of 130. The far o 4 4 loss a ccount f or n i ne months presented a balance in would- ` of the s h are h o ld ers of 696,630 f. The management itid t r: ~seern to be conducted w ith remar k a bl e pru d ence, to he, ir om the fa c t s t a t e d t h at a b out 12 ,000 commercial Pr r : o r other securities which passed through the bank, re eQ:euTe,nt'eg a total v a l ue o f 1-10,000,000 f., no l oss h a d been ili a,. • upon more than about 12 bills, amounting to 3,000 f. l'o,: ° °K, a part o f w hi c h wou ld h ereafter be recovered. at i . - 18 almost as ext raor di nary an i nstance of ca ,- eful admini ,nation Rs t hatt of the B an k o f F rance i n 1836, when upon ,alkliount 30,000,000 f. o f bill s di scounted, one bill of 200 f. Y was unpaid and lost.— Times. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT KENSINGTON.— , 1 Priday evening, between s even an d e i g h t o ' clock, the nu- Illverous persons passing along the high road near Kensington f"'°re were alarmed by loud screams of "police," uttered in a l ale voice, and immediately afterwards a female of lady ;l,o!he appearance, about thirty e years of age, rushed house No. 8, Lower Gore, the residence of a Captain i'iaker, and ran for shelter to the Hand and Flower public 'louse close by, followed by two men of decent appearance, w ho on overtaking her in the bar, laid hold of 'nor, usingvio lence and threat en i ng l anguage towards her. On the landlord arid others inqui r i ng th e cause of the lady's (who turned out . to be M rs . B a k er) distress of mind, she at the time cryingo lently, th e men sa i d they were sheriffs' officers, and had vio lently, her for debt. They had, they said, been very violently treated in the house, and spoke of pistols having been used, And on being told that Mrs. Baker was a married lady, her h usband being at that mom en t i n hi s h ouse, and consequently t h e could not be legally a rres t e d , t h ey said she had contracted h4he debt, and therefore they had arrested her. A hackney eh th en 4 l rew up to the door, in which she was placed by men, who got in after her, when the vehicle was driven 'afr towards town. The occurrence had occasioned much con versstion throughout the neighbourhood, and many singular reports are in circulation on the subject. UNIV ERSAL SUFFRA GE AT IPSWICH.—The ap• /P 9 • 41 or the W or ki ng Men's Association to the Operatives of 1d SWICh, met w i t h a cordial response on Wednesday even i ng st Several: b. resolutions were passed, in conformity with the napLeeetrsfueiontemplated by the meeting ; they were prefaced by speeches, embodying the views of the respective tLeakers. At the conclusion of the proceedings, enthusiastic ilanialeerpseicrioeng,i,ven for 4, Universal Suffrage and the Birming- At eleven o'clock the assembly broke up in 11147.4105 t ord er l y manner, and in te n m i nutes afterwards sc,ra dozen p ersons were to be seen in the streets. arcely u b..ITE SHERI FF ' S COURT FOR MIDDLESEX.— iniritnnp, the past week workmen have been actively employed As Proving and enlarging this Court in Red Lion-square. legal e subject is not devoid of interest to the suitors and the b y P r ofession, and which the public will materially benefit , I ..40 will bri e fly state the proposed a l terations. The present jrlet_"s' offi ce, as far as the yard and the passage , Rill b e th rown L e " one, a n d f orm the new Court. The present Court will r,,,znverted into a retiring room for the jury, and a waiting wili . ) n o r witnesses; and the room fronting Red Lion -square I,,litit. used by the clerks. Some improvement has been log„; the and, although it comes quite late enough, it will be thi('Bl, with satisfaction by all who have business to transact in the' - ' ( -" , *t. It is to be hoped this will act as a stimulant upon 13.:,cauthorities of the miserably dark and confined Court in 'ngball-street. gong WARRANTS.—A senseless paragraph is j est nZ the round of the provincial Press, expressive of her Ma amY,'s re to sign death warrants. Of the merciful 11, duenevolent disposition of our beloved Queen there can be foi n %bt ; but happily in no case will the task of orderin g a puiliv:k-ereature's death be cast on her ; the law dooms to rust euemre!it--the Sovereign's prerogative is to interpose in tist r e'se uf 3' it S extension. mercy wh enever any circumstance appears to C 0 1./B.T CIRCULAR. . Her Mitjesty and her netratt tnOther, a&encred ivipe vice yestero;4y mr.rntr.r. James's. The '‘ermon wat Oca`Che'il y I ti\e Dr. Maddy, who took 'tits text from St., .1,014., ii., verses 23, 24, and 25. The prayers were r'evkl by the Rev. Mr. Knapp; the lessons by the Reit. Wesley ; and the altar serviz was read by th e Rev, !tiessrs. Knapp and Wesley,. The to beum and Jubi tte were by Aldrich . , , the Bantlus by Hawes . ; and the Re sponses by Mares. The Anthem (full) " Wherewithal shall a yottng man s " 'was br Boyce. Sir George ;Stuart presided at the organ. The Dean of Hereford wss it deputy clerk of the closet in waiting. In the Royal suite were the Marchioness of Nor manbv, Lady Fiera Hastings, Hon, Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Murray. Loid Gardner, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and the Hen. Major Keppel. After the service her Majesty and suite returned in three carriages to the new palace. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Normanby, took an airing in the parks yesterday afternoon, in an open barouche aid four. Her Majesty visited the Princess Sophia at Kensington. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish attended her Majesty on horseback. The Queen honoured the performance of La Nozze di Figaro, at her - Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her presence, Her Majesty was accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe, and was attended by the Mar chione!s of Normanby. Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Gardner, Lady Gardner, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and the Hew., Major Keppel. Prince George of Cambridge was also present at the performance. 1-Itr Majesty rode out on horseback on Saturday afternoon accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe, and attended by the Hon. Miss Murray, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin, Lord Gardner, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Earl of Belfast, Earl of Surrey, the Hon. Major Keppel, and Mr. rozart. The Royal party left the Palace at five o'clock and returned at seven o'clock. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to do Mr. Hayter the honour to sit for him to paint her portrait into his great pic ture of the coronation, and her Serene Highness the Princess Hohenlohe sat again for the same picture. The Marchioness of Normanby also sat. Viscount Melbourne and the Judge Advocate -General had audiences of her Majesty on Saturday. The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Princess Augusta, and attended by Lady Clinton and the Hon. Miss Hudson, arrived in town on Saturday morning, from Bushy Park. Her Majesty went to Marlborough House, and Her Royal High ness to Clarence House. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg and Prince Peter of Oldenburgh paid visits to the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta. Their Royal Highnesses took a carriage drive. At six o'clock the Queen Dowager and the Princess Augusta left town on their return to Bushy Park. A deputation, including Sir J. C. Coghill, Bart., Mr. Do nald, Mr. Green, and Mr. Davis, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing -street Mr. Boulton had an interview with Lord Glenelg, on Sa turday, at the Colonial office. The Grecian and Spanish Ministers transacted business on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. P. Stuart had an interview► with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday, in Downing-street. Despatches for the Earl of Durham, Governor of the Ca nadas, were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial office. The Duke of Leinster and Mr. Clark had an interview with he Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady Colville, from Portland-place, for Tun. bridge Wells ; the Earl and Countess De Grey, from St. James's-square, for their seat, in Bedfordshire ; the Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Georgiana Fane, from Grosvenor.. square, for Brighton ; Lord and Lady Ravensworth, from Percy Cross, Fulham, for their seat, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead ; the Hon. Fred. Craven, from Charles-street, Berkeley -square, for Scotland ; Lord and Lady Carbery, from Belgrave-square, for their seat, Laxton Hall, \Vance ford ; the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, from St. James's square, for Buxton Wells, Derbyshire ; Lord and Lady Brougham, from Berkeley -square, for their seat, Brougham Hall, Penrith, Westmoreland ; Earl and Countess of Wemyss and the Ladies Charteriss, from Stratford-place, for their seat Godford House, near Haddington, East Lothian ; Baroness de Clifford, from Carlton House -terrace, for the north ; Mrs. Camac, from Mansfield-street, for St. Leonard's ; Hon. Mrs. Hood, for Tunbridge Wells ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, from Arlington-street, for their seat Hatfield House, Herta ; Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, for their seat Delgaly ' • the Earl of Mexborou g h, f rom D over - street, f or hi s shooting box, Grantully, Perthshire ; Lord and Lady Dacre, from Chesterfield -street, for their seat the Hoo, near Welwyn, Herts ; the Hon. W. and Lady A. Drummond, for their seat in Scotland ; Mr. R. Alston, M. P., from Harley -street, for his seat Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts ; the Earl of Minto, Sir William Parker, and Sir Charles Adam, from the Admiralty, for a tour of inspection ; Lord and Lady Heytesbury, from Upper Brook-street, for their seat, Heytesbury House, Wilts; Viscount and Viscountess Strathallan, for their seat, in Scot land ; Sir Charles and Lady Ogle, from Belgrave.square, for the North ; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable, from Great Cumberland -street, for their seat, in Yorkshire ; Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Bart., and Lady Lethbridge, for their scat, Sand hill Park, Taunton, Somersetshire ; Sir E. R. and the Hon. Lady Borough, for Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Mr. S. S. Chi chester, from Harley.street, for his seat, Arlington, Barn staple ; Capt. Ellice, M. P., and Mrs. Ellice, from Arling ton-street, for Cowes, Isle of Night; the Marquis of Exeter, from Albemarle-street, for his seat, Burleigh House, near •Stamford ; Lord Castlereagh, from Chapel-street, Grosvenor square, for the Isle of Wight; Viscount Grimston, from Gros venor-square, for the family seat, Gorhambury, Herts ; Mr. W. T. Praed, M. P., from Manchester. square, for Cowes, Isle of Wight; Sir R. Preston, for the North ; Lady Lucy North, for Hastings; the Duke of Bedford, from Belgrave square, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Norton, from Harley-street, for Elton Manor, Nottinghamshire. CHANGES. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, at Dunrobin Castle, on a visit to the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, from their seat, Worsley Hall, Lancashire ; Lord Glenlyon, at Dublin, from Lancashire; the Earl of Yarborough, at Cowes, Isle of Wight, from a cruise on the Western coast ; the Earl and Countess Bruce, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, from Paris; the Earl and Countess of Burlington, at Baden Baden, from Faris; the Earl and Countess Grosvenor, on a visit to the Duchess- Countess of Sutherland, at Dunrobin Castle, from their seat, Motcombe House, Shaftesbury ; Sir John Lowther, at Wilton Castle, near Guisborough, from Swilling-ton House, near Leeds ; Sir W. H. Johnstone, Bart., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, from Southampton ; Lord and Lady Concurry, on a tour in Ireland, from their seat, near Limerick. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Acc. 18.—Rev. Robert Clarke Burton, M. A. of Clare Hall, in this University, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Cardigan. The Rev. W. Simpson, B. A., of Queens' College, in this University, has been presented to the Curacy of St. James's Church, Halifax. On the 21st ult., the Rev. Wm. Wallace, B. A., was insti tuted to the Rectory of Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, on the pre sentation of Samuel Skinner, Esq., of Shirley Park, and John Hodgson, Esq., of Chigevell, Essex. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. For tescue Todd, LL. B. to the Vicarage of St. Austell and St. 13Iasee, in the county of Cornwall, and diocese of Exe ter, void by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Scott Smyth, M. A. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. Thomas Scott Smyth, M. A., to the Ministry of Brunswick Chapel, in the parish of St. Marylebone, Middlesex, and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the Rev. Fortescue Todd, LL. B. The Rev. Septimus Ramsay, M. A., Ministerof St. Michael's, Burleigh-street, Strand, has been appointed Secretary to the Upper Canada Clergy Society. The Rev. F. D. Panter, 8.A., late Curate of West Thurrock and Purfleet, has been presented to the curacy of Laindon. The Governors of King Edward's School, Birmingham, hare appointed Mr. George Moyle, B. A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, to be an Assistant Master in that Institution, in the room of Mr. Trollope, resigned. The Rev. David Hughes, Vicar of Enlishcombe, near Bath, has been presented to the Vicarage of Southstoke; Patron, the Rev. Edward Willes, Prebendary of Wells. The Rev. J. Richardson has been presented to the Master ship of Appleby Grammar School. The Rev. A. Addison, has been presented to the perpetual Curacy of Middleton, Yorkshire. The Rev. George Musgrave has been presented to the Vicarage of St. Paul and St. Peter, Borden, Kent. On Thursday week, the Churchwardens of Brandon, Nor folk, presented the Rev. C. J. Orman, late Curate of that parish, with an elegant silver tea-pot, subscribed for by the inhabitants, as a testimony of esteem. It bears the following inscription, beautifully executed :—" Presented to the Rev. C. J. Orman, M. A., by the parishioners of Brandon, in gra titude for his services as their Minister during a period of eight years, A. D., 1838." On Sunday, the sth inst., the following Gentlemen were or dained by his Grace the Archbishop of York : PRIESTS.—George Fyler Townshend, 13. A., Trinity Col lege, Cambridge; Edward Davison Bland, 8.A., Caius Col lege, Cambridge ; Stephen Cattley Baker, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; William Ramsden Smith, B. A., Queen's College, Cambridge; Thomas Henry Howard, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge ; James Butler, B. A., All Soul's College, Oxford ; Thomas Hockley, B. A., Wadham College, Oxford : Thomas Westmoreland, 8.A., Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge ; George Jeffrey Morehead, Durham; Frederick Prin:. - ,rle Walton, Literate ; John Comp son, Literate ; Robert Kirby, Literate ; Frederick Walter Giffard, Literate; Henry Howell, Literate; George Thomas Sharland, Literate. DEACONS.-Alleyne Fitzherbert, B. A., St. .John's Col lege, Cambridge ; Daniel Augustus Beaufort, B. A,, Jesus Colleg e , C am b r id ge; RichardHildyard, B. A.. Trinity Hall, Cambridge; James Sabben, B. A., Queen's College, Cam bridge; George Thomas Hutton, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; John Poole, B. A., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; Thomas Bramley, B. A., Catherine Hall, Cambridge ; Henry u u °gan) B. A., St. J o h n ' s C ollege, Cambridge • Joseph Literate'ler Sutton, Durh am ; B en j am i n Langwith Hargrave, . liIIPORTATIOV OF BREAD . . I r i - '0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slit—Favoured by former insertions, I apprehend u will extend the like p u bli ca ti on t o a proposal. which mayb e t h e means of reducing th e p r ice for the staff of life withi n (a cot-. respond ent va l ue to ot h er essen ti a l s t o s u b s i s t ence . The Chpitanst. ttkight impts,rt, !rtlthot infr'rtip!l iof any COrn. - -law i liread (or, pefhaps,BouyA for institnt bink, after the sho r t es t tr i p poss ible fromthe Continent) which wou ld find a ready distribution, although doe and even iwo d#s old. Speritiatt#s liat- i bf cbuite, tb thke care Nat there be nu collateral infringement of the existing ACt. I am, Sir, }'ours, &c., ' August 20, 1838. PLEBIPHIi.M. EXETER, /too. 19.—The harvest is steadily proi!re.z.lsing, and the crops on the better soils will he a full average at least; on the poor cold lands there will, on account of the ungenial summer that we have had up to a recent period, be a proportionate diminution ; and in the neighbourhood.of the moors, there is considerable complaint on this score. S ome fears are now entertained as to the weather : we have:had a few light showers this morning, with the wind at S. S.W ., very ominous quarter for South Devon when it does set in, and which, if it should do now, with the vast quantity of corn that is lying on the ground, would cause considerable damage. There is much anxiety here lest the ports should be opened at the lowest duty. A great proportion of the land is let on terms from seven to ten and fourteen years ; and as the system of holding a survey for the letting is generally adopted, the highest rents that can possibly be screwed out of the farmer ; is by this means generally secured. There are some & cep . tions to this rule, where gentlemen decide for themselves what is the amount of rent which their estates ought to be let for, but the cases are very few ; and indeed I do not know on what sound principle the land-owner can be asked to prciteet the interests of the farmer, by refusing to take the highest rent he can get. The cultivator ought surely to know his own resources better than his landlord ; and unless he is a man capable of calculatin g his liabilities and es ti mat i ng his profits, there i s very little hope of his becoming such a tenant as it would be worth while to trust with the management of an estate. In our county there is certainly an advancing tenantry; and in no district of England has agriculture made more rapid strides titan it has throughout the centre of Devon shire, within the last few years. A great deal of land is tilled by the owners of the soil, there being a very substantial body, of yeomanry, who cultivate and reside on their own estates. These have a deep stake in the existence of the Corn-laws, and many of them, though very good Reformer s i n a ll ot h er matters, will be found sufficiently Conservativ e on this point. The tenantry who have terms in their estates will also feel equally bound up with the existence of the Corn Laws ; and I need not add, that the landowners will take the lead on that question. Hence it is that great anxiety exists as to the re sult of the present harvest, and that the threatening weather of the present moment excites more than usual anxiety. COMPARISON OF FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR WITH THE ENGLISH MARKET. The price of white wheaten bread of the first quality at Paris is 671 c. the loaf of 2 kilogrammes, which is less than 6d. the loaf of 41b. English weight, and the price of bread of the first quality in London being 10:1d. the loaf of 41b., the difference is 75 per cent. that bread is dearer in London than at Paris. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality is 33f. the 1 hectolitre, which equals 50s. sd, the quarter. The highest quotation of flour of the first quality is 601. the 159 kilogrammes, which answers to 375. Bd. the sack of 2801 b. English weight, and the highest quotation of flour of the first quality in London being 655. the sack, it follows that flour is 72 per cent. dearer in London than at Paris, and that with the sum of 31. ss. a man may buy 4831 b. of fine flour at Paris, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 28016. in London. According to the official return, the average price of wheat at Paris for the preceding month (July) was 191. 82c. the hec tolitre, which equals, 455. sd. the quarter, and the average price of wheat in London during the same period being 70s. Ild., the difference is 56 per cent. that the average of Lon don exceeds the average of Paris. The following is the state of things in other parts of France :- At Brie-Comte-Robert the registered price of wheat of the first quality is 21f., of the second quality 20f. 35c., and of the third quality, 18f. 67c., which gives a mean price of 19f. 97c., and which answers to 455. 9d. th e quar t er . A t Ch ar t r es the ighest quotation of wheat is 221., which answers to Ns. orl. the quarter. At Douai the quotation of white wheat is from 21f. 75c. to 23f. 50c., which is from 50s. to 535. 10d. the quar ter; and the quotation of red wheat is from 201. to 22f. which is from 41s. 10d. to 50s. sd. the quarter. At Metz the mean price of wheat is 17f. 12c. which answers to 395. 2d. the quarter. At Peronne the quotation of old wheat is from 201. to 23f. 25c. which is from 455. 10d. to 535. 3d. the quarter; the quotation of new wheat is 21f., which equals 48s. Id. the quarter. At Bayonne the quotation of wheat of the growth of the district is 191. 50c., which equals 445. Bd. the quarter. At Blois the registered mean price of wheat is 19f. 30c., which answers to 445. 2d. the quarter. At Rouen wheat rules from 21f. 50c. to 22f. 50c. which is from 495. 3d. to ols. 7d., the quarter. At Soissons the quotation of wheat of the first quality is from 2651. to 270 f., of the second quality from 256 f. to 264 f., and of the third quality from 2451. to 2551., all the muid of 13 hectolitres, which gives a mean price of 19f. 94c. the hectolitre, and which ar ers to 455. Bd. the quarter. The highest quotation of flour of the first qua lity is 531. the 159 kilogrammes, which equals 335. 4d. the sack of 2801 b. English weight, and the highest quotation of flour of the first quality in London being 655. the sack, it follows that flour is 95 per cent. dearer in London tban at Soissons, and that with the sum of 31. ss. a man may buy 5461 b. of fine flour at Soissons, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 2801 b. in London. DISGUISER SLAVERY. W e understand that Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, M. P. for Southwark, is to be appointed R eg i strar of Hackne) carriages under the new Act for the bett er regulation of these conveyances wit hin the metropolitan district. Whilst all must admit that the legal and practical kncwledge of Mr. Whittle Harvey admirably qualifies him for the duties of such an office it will be gratify in g to his constituents and the public to kn ow ,' what we believe to be the case, that by hi s acceptance of this office he does not vacate his seat in Parliament.._ Observer. LORD WESTAI EA TH—CAPTAIN VIGNOL ES, &e. —We have inserted as comical a letter as ever it has been our bap to read, addressed by the Marquis of Westmeath to the citizens of Dublin. It out-Herods Sir Harcourt, it leaves Moll Flanders behind by many chalks, and, to a certain ex tent, it pales the ineffectual fires" of the Sloppery itself. Yet, let us be just to our esteemed Contemporary —we do, after all, think the latter the better hand at blackguarding of the two. For Lord Westmeath is in too devouring rage to do the thing handsomely, while Slop is at it in all weat h ers. Villain, caitiff, rasca l, scoundrel, - murderer, monster, hypo crite, blackguard, blasphemer, liar, traitor, devil, are certainly, we do admit, a very pretty collection of terms , and well be fittingv(, af n Nugentee hise reputation ;b literary u t ire . t acquirements of the bead of the noble house the upon pe iounNt hearty la ! r e u. ca r t g o t n fl s oer n idi i _1 ( 3\ l; oero y s doof not think the liberal use which Saturday next at the _ them very well calculated to ad gh use of Lords. As to their effect mote seriously to his Lor sn el ll : lh 1-11Ji We can promise, we think, a Lordship. 's ll e e x i p l a c s n expense commenced o n o l e u n r creaders certaino n Exchange. One word, however, aesxptieinissiivnehi:srobeaealeicolings against a journalist in this city for an alleged libel. d eats he come into Court with such a letter • 7 hey should be clean.—Dublin Even ing Post. T 2 —-, ii N',lv H OUSES OF P ARLI AMENT..The immense coffer dam, w hi c h h as f or some mont h s b ee n form ing in ord er to lay the foundation of the new Houses of Par liament is nearly i n a state of completion. The space w hi c h it encompasses i s enc l osed by two rows of p il es . a b ou t thr ee or four f eet apart, of laboure rs h ave' for weeks been employed in throw i ng im mense quantiti es o f clay, which has been brought to the spot in barges from different parts of the country. This process , and in the space between a large body we believe, is called in technical language "puddling," and when completed the wooden and clay hank appears as if it would successfully set at defiance the impetuosity of " Old Father Thames," who at that part of the river is not always in the m ost quiet or conciliatory temper. As yet the powers of natur e and of art opposed to him have not been placed in a rray, there being openings through which the tide still Passes. When they shall be closed up , and the water remaining- pumped out, then will come the ~t ug of ba war." SOC IALISNI.—O n Monday and Tuesday last, two lectures were delivered in this town on socialism, by Mr. Bu chanan, o f Sheffield. Th e l ec t ur e s were given at the New Con_ cert-r and at th e conc l us i on o f eac h several questions were oo asked by some of th e au di ence , w hi c h lcd to considerable ar gument R s to the nature and practicability of the s o c ial p ri n .. ciplc• --b oneaster Gazette. A e , ut isicieraufeimprovement has taken place in the trade is linen trad e i n this town, particularly in drills, for which a brisk expected during the season . —Doncaster Gazette. titE SUN; LONDON., MORDAV, AUGUST 20, 1838. TO THE a:cflrir DON. Lquy. GLENELG,i HER MAJESTY'S SECRETART .1 OF SLAT) ' FOR'. THE COLONIES, &c. &c. BIRMINGHAM, 10TH AUGUST, 1838. Mt' most sincerely congratulate your Lordship on the feeent trin -, 11. in the British colonies, of principle over jta9tice, over a system of fraud etyfarly clistionodrable Iss those who planned, pr'olonge'd it. The last Vestige merged into complete freeelOM; In the o l a n f i aid d t 0 le galisedPt 6O S ! ti .k' ' y ) nh ± , a ` d e ( l eng th,. great majority Of the' West India colonies ; and I tttt•it thO nekt iSacket, will bring the joyful intelligence, that all the ('rows.; as 't'ell all the chartered colonies, have proclaimed liberty to tie eatlife; kid the opening of the prison door to them that were bound, Whatever opposition your Lordship may 1044/ felt, as a statesman, under the Divine eaanEe :'fad:'fadMessing, has proved so t! - : lo•vient agitation in this country, which, sig nally successful, I feel confident tiiiit; ."s• e Christian, :our Lordship must unfeignedly rejoice that the unridli!re'resa domt ' nion of man over man has been destroyed—that slavery Lal been abolished—and that the sum of human happiness has thereby been greatly increased. The question which now most anxiously engages the atten tion of the friends of the emancipated negroes is, what is to be theif future legal status—whether they are to be put in possession of all the rights and privileges of freemen, or whe ther they arc to be placed tinder the operation of laws which, under colourable pretences, shall deprive them of that liberty to which they are unquestionably entitled The only answer to this question which can be given by the British Govern ment and the Impdrial Parliament of these realms, vt'in be found in the twelfth elaitsc of the Slavery Abolition Act, which says, that, subject to the ohlleations of a temporary ap prenticeship, they shall become and he Id all :intents and pur poses ftee i and discharged of and from all marine"; of slavery, and shall be ahsoldtely and for ever manumitted; add that slavery shall he fir ever abashed and declared unlawful throughout the Britiah edicalide; Add that but one reply will be given by the people of thli totintry,,the the freedom which they have purchased with twenty millions of their gold, and which is guaranteed to them by the solemn deciSion of the Le gislature, shell be enjoyed in its fullest and most enlarged sense, by the enthmehised bondsmen. In this view the Par liamentary Committed of 183;d, though composed of the most heterogeneous materials, fully coincide. They &ay, in their observations at the close of their liepertt to the /louse of Commons, that the liberated negro, "at the expiration of hig term of servitude," Is to be raised to a state of unqualified freedom, to be governed by laws framed in all respects on the same principle as those to which his white fellow-subjects are amenable. The principle laid down in the Imperial Statute, and thus recognised by Olt Parliamentary Committee, was affirmed by the late decision of the House of Commons on the motion of Sir George Grey, and has been again and again reiterated by your Lordship, as well as by yotit predecessors in office. To quote the various passages from the circular despat c h es to the Goverriarl o f the W est Ind i a C o l on i es, w hi c h have issued f rom y our Lordship's deptrtment, on this vital subject, w i ll, ever, tw o p assages f rom t h ese c i rcu l ars w hi c h f cittnet, be cause I presume, be unnecessary. 'Mtg.", are, how- I consider them of the utmost importance at tbs, present moment. Mr. Secretary Stanley (now Lord Stan ley) in a despatch dated October 19, 1833, says,— " As perpetuatin ganydistin you will consider yourself precluded by your instructions fro:n sanctioning any ordinance which may prolong the duration of the intermediate state, or im pose any heavier burthens upon those who are in that state, so you will likewise withhold . your sanction from any ordinance p re a d tt a h T t ca e a l t i d r e td 6 hi o n t e h i a l : n or o c r o e n z t .c in b u is i i n .o g ns af? ar e i r si t n h g e out termination ofa /I r of evi t o h u a s t period servile condition. oThe gi principle .n. , i passage lpBl e 37, s f tnhoferf whichot lawm the e dispatchalfrur emancipatedt he Lordship abolition bo l i o f si ol l naa b vy u eos f Slavery is, s is to be immediately apprenticeship succeeded by personal freedom in that full and unlimited sense of the term inwhich it used is in re ference to the other subjects of theeßritish Crown " This," your Lordship further observes, "is the C of essence the contract between Great Britain and the Col • onies. It is the basis of the enactments, whether Parliamentary or Colonial, on the subject. From this principle, lam persuaded, the Colonial Legislature will not desire to depart. If such an attempt were possible it wou ld b e met b y t h e uncompromising r • resistance of the Government, th e P ar li ament, and the people si of this Kingdom." In your Lordship's exposition of the principle upon which all future legisl a ti on f or t h e C olonies should pro ceed, I most fully concur ' • but from y our L or d s hi p ' s confidence in the C o l on i a l Legislatur es I most entirely dissent ; and I have no doubt that your Lordship al ready begins to find that " the uncompromising resistance of the Government, the Parliament, and the people of this king dom," has become necessary to check these Legislatures in their inviduous designs to coerce labour, and to place the eman cipated slaves once more under the tyranny of their old mas ters. My Lord, a vast weight of responsibility rests upon you at the present moment, and I trust your Lordship will have both the energy and courage to meet the crisis as becomes a Minister of the British Crown. Already, as your Lordship must be aware, the most ob jectionable laws have been passed in Jamaica, Barbadoes, British Guiana, St. Kitts, &c., to redress vagrancy—to re gulate the hiring of servants—to eject negroes from their do miciles—to arm the local Magistracy and the police with uncon stitutional powers—to prevent the sale of various commodi ties —to secure continuous labour, and to depress wages; in fact there is no end to the points which have already been taken up in the Vagrant and Police-laws—the Contract and Combination-laws—the Trespass and Highway Acts, which have already received the sanction of the Executive in various colonies, and which are now in full operation. My Lord, I have no hesita tion in saying that should these infamous laws unfortunately ob tain the sanction of the Crown, and.by that means become the permanent laws of these colonies, the negroes will again be reduced to the condition of serfs, be compelled to toil for a scanty subsistence, and be subjected for a variety of offences to exorbitant fines —to long imprisonments—to unlimited whip pings--and even to transportation for life. It is not little surprising, my Lord, that the representatives of her Majesty, in the colonies, should have given their sanction to such laws as those to which I have directed your Lordship's attention, a nd I am driven to the conclusion that th ese functionaries arc either incompetent to the fulfilment of their high duties, or, that they are utterly regardless of the positive instructions which they have received from your Lordship and those who preceded you in office ; and that in either case they ought to be recalled, and those who would act with greater firmness and honesty be sent forthwith to these dependencies of the Crown, to replace them. In t h e m eantime, it becomes absolutely necessary that your Lordship should peremptorily require for the protection of the negroes, and for the satisfaction of the British public, that henceforth all laws passed by the Legi s l a t ures i n the char tered colonies, should contain a suspending clause, or, at all events, that the period at which such law s s h a ll b e made to take effect, shall be so remote as to afford her Majesty in Council ample time for exercising her Majesty's prerogative of disallowaree, if that course should be thought necessary ; and that the Executive in the Colonies should be instructed to consider this as an inflexible rule for their future guidance. The justice o f arran gement 61, your Lordship has Hereto fore acknowledged—the necessity of such a course your Lord ship cannot now dispute. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's obedient, humble servant, * * MARSHAL BERTHIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg to trouble you with a few observations, in con sequence of an expression relating to the late Marshal Ber_ thier, which you have published in connection with the memoir of Marshal Soult. Yuu say that the encouragement given to the latter by Napoleon, "gave attno3ance to Berthier, a va i n and inefficient man." lam at a loss to imagine the source from which you have derived this idea, and I take upon myself to assert that this description of the Prince of Neufchatel and \Vagram is wholly incorrect. It is true that, in the conve r _ cations between Napoleon and Dr. O'Meara, the Emperor is ssid to have spoken slightingly of him, and gave him credit only for being " en excellent commis;" but it may be fairly surmised that the Emperor was somewhat piqued at the reports which had so long prevailed, that he had been much indebted for his successes to the talents of Betthier. The greatest men in all ages have had their weaknesses, but the reputation of Napoleon needed no assistance by detracting from the merits of those who shared his glories, for the world has stamped him, beyond dispute, as the greatest genius of mo dern times. But, had Marshal Berthier been the man you describe, it involves a contradiction not very easily explained. It is suf ficiently notorious that, with Napoleon, the road to honour and fame depended solely upon merit, and therefore it would be difficult to account for" a vain and inefficient man"becoming Marshal of France, Prince of Neufchatel and \Vagram, Major- General of the Grand Army, Vice- Constable of France, Grand Hunter, &e. Berthier did not occupy the same ostensibly active positions as some other generals, being always by the side of Napoleon, from the period of the days of Lodi and Marengo to the conclusion of the great continental scar in 1814 ; and in this capacity he is mentioned in the bulletins— " The Emperor, accompanied by his faithful companion in arms, Marshal Berthier," &c. Sir, I aril an old s o ldi er , arid was present in the' Itali an war , and afterwards at some of the great events of the northern campaigns, and I repeat that Marshal Berthier was well known to be a most talented and superior general. Whether in the field, or in the office of Minister of War, his active services were appreciated, and are not likely to be forgotten, by those who were participators in thatgigantic struggle. But in fact, Sir, the man who was considered worthy of being at the right hand of Napoleon, in the most stirring and momentous periods the world ever knew, must either be very different to your de scription of him, or the Emperor, in the patronage of Marshal Berthier, must hare indulged in a freak of partiality in every may unaccountable, especially as its duration exceeded a period of twenty years. I am but little versed in your language, and have therefore availed myself of the services of an English friend, who has undertaken to express my protest against what I must consider a signal error.—l am, Sir, your most ohedie fit servant, _ LOUIS DUMONT. P. S.—Marshal Ney had a very different •pinion of the abilities of Berthier to the one expressed in your news paper ; and of which there is plenty of evidence upon record. New Angel Hotel, Doncaster, Aug. 18, 1838. Mr. Wiltshire's f r i en d s h ave ta k en p l ace, an d h ave ev i nce d a YA RM 0 UTII ELECTION.—S evera I m e e tings of determination to re t urn hi m aga i n as t h e i r M em b er. Th i s is being done w ith ou t t h e li on. Gentleman's knowledge, he being on the Continent. —Norwich Met cury. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 17.—Our Sugar Market has been very steady through the week, and a moderate business has been transacted, principally by the re finers, who, a lth oug h t h ey have recently found it their interest to purchas e extens i ve l y in London, take any choice lots offered. The: show of samples is very icdifferent, and the grocers, finding but few to suit then), either in quality or price, have been exceedingly l anguid. —Bristol Mercury. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 18.—The sales of to-day were som'wbat larger than those of yesterday, about 3,500 bags having been sold. American descriptions have commanded full prices, and in some in stances a slight a d vance was obtained. 200 Bahia, Bd. to 84d. ; 300 P ernams, BV. to Rid. ; 200 Maranham, 84d. to Pd. ; 30 Egypti an, 1 0 4 d. ; 300 Surat, 44d. to sd. ; 2,4 " American, sad. t o 7d . ; total, 3,500. CA MERIVE LL FAIR.-_.Q 0 Saturd a y, pursuant to ancient custom, this ()pular sub ur b an carnival commence d. The attractions w ere as numerous as on former occasions, con sisting principally o f W ombwell's Menagerie, Richardson's Theatre, Scowton's Pavilion, Clarke's Amphitheatre, &c. &c. Mr. Betty, jun., only son of the once celebrated_ Master Betty (the Y oung Roscius), who first appeared at Covent-garden Th ea t re on the Ist of December, 1804, and at that time created the greatest sensation ever known in history since the days of Garrick, has, it appears, adopted the stage as a profession, although in affluent circumstances. He will commence his performances in th.o provinces. PORTUGAL. LisnoN, At6t:st 1 1 3.-1 emechido's courage failed him the moment that he heard the sentence of the court-martial that he should be shot within 2'4 hours, and he prayed hard that her Majeety'S order, should be waited for before it was carried into executint; He subsequently gave evident marks of his sincere repentance fof the Many and various crimes of which he had been guilty, acknowledgitig eoine, the details of which are too horrible and disgusting to admit a f thieir insertion in this letter. It is said that he wrote a letter to his ton, recom mending his acceptance of the amnesty which her Majesty would now grant to him as well as to those who still continued in arms against the Government. We hear from the Algarves that the Miguelites, under Baion, have not been seen anywhere since the capture of Re mechidl—their number used to be near fifty ; so that quie' has been restored in that quarter, at least for the present. The elections for Senators and Deputies at the next Cortes commenced yesterday throughout the country. The public tranquillity of the city has not been in the least disturbed, and it is to be hoped that the same order and quiet will continue until i;:e whole proccdings are over. The most prevailing oprriS* in retard to the _lower Chamber is that it will repre sent four if:i?lfios, viz., the qtartis, ttiti " Ordeiros," or friends of good ordef e as they are called, the moJerate Sep tember men, and the Ifitra , Liberal September party, vti!,.7arly called the Arsenal or Dock-yard party. Should it really so turn out, there would be four minorities in the Chamber, and no fixed steady majority, which would make it exceedingly difficult for any Administration to carry on the public busi ness with credit to itself. The official journal of the 1 Ith instant published two diffe rent lists of candidates, which the people understood were of the choice of Ministers; but a supplement of the said journal was published yesterday, stating that one of these lists, which it again published, had been inserted without the sanction of the proper authority. Little doubt is entertained of Viscount Sada Bandeira's return, because his name is in all the lists, with tht exception of that of the ultra- Chartists : and M. M. A. Carvalha, the Minister of Finance, stands nearly as good a chance of being returned as the Gallant Viscount. The Tagus and Liverpool steamers arrived on the 10th and 11th with the respective mails from London and Gibraltar; the former proceeded for Cadiz on the 11th, and the latter starts at six r. m. this afternoon ; say within one hour of the present time. Admiral Noroulia, the new Governor, Captain-General of Angola. will start almost immediately for that colony, and after the most scrupulous inquiries regarding this officer's character, I am able to state that there is very good reason to hope that bre will do his utmost to put an effectual stop to the traffic in slaves. Indeed it is his Excellency's intention, at least such is the current report among his friends, to put a stop to the present trade in emigrants to the Brazils, rather call it a traffic in white salves, which is now carried on to a frightful extent many vessels quit the Tagus with 200, 250, and even 300 of these emigrants, and a Company which is established at Rio Janeiro pays, on the safe delivery of the same, at the rate of fifty thousand milreas Lisbon money for each, inde pendent of the cost of passport. These poor people are of course compelled to work out their freedom out of the hands of the Company, which they cannot well do until they pay off the balance against them. The Editor of the Aurora has been condemned to four months' imprisonment, and a fine of 50,000 milreas, for its se ditious writings. Her Majesty's ships Mafficienne and Espoir sailed yester day for the southern coast. Exchange on London, Morning Post. TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND TRIPOLI. lAt. 1. His Excellency the Bashaw, Dey of Tripoli, shall transmit to the Rear- Admiral commanding the French squa dron, a letter signed by his Excellency, and addressed to his Majesty the Emperor of France, wherein he shall beg his Most Christian Majesty to accept his humble excuses for the circumstances which have compelled the Consul-General to quit his past. 2. The hey renounces the right to cruise r or to authorise cruising in time of star, against the vessels of Powers who shall judge it convenient to renounce the exercise of the same right towards the commercial vessels of Tripoli. The com mercial vessels of the two nations can navigate freely without being molested by hostile ships of war, unless they shall wish to penetrate a blockaded port, or that they should bring soldiers or contraband objects of war. In the latter of these two cases they will be seized, but their confiscation cannot be pronounced except by a legal decree. All Tripolitan vessels out of these exceptional cases, that shall stop a merchant vessel, may be treated as pirates by any other Power whatever, without impediment to the good intel ligence prevailing between that Power and the Regency of Tripoli. The Dey moreover renounces augmenting in future the naval force he possesses at this moment, of which a list, properly verified and proved, shall be annexed to the pre sent treaty. 3. The Dey for ever abolishes the l‘very of Christians in his states. All the Christian slaves who ma y exist there shall be set free. The Dey engages to indemnify the proprietors and to make no more slaves, or to allow this to be done in future by his subjects. If the Dey hereafter be at war with Another state, the soldiers and sailors who may fall into his powcr shall be treated as prisoners of war, according to the usages of F. u ropean nations ; and the passengers, noncombatants, shai: be immediately liberated without ransom. 4. What foreign vessels may happen to be wrecked on the coast of the Regency shall receive the assistance, succour, and provisions of which they may stand in need. The Dey will take the most prompt and severe measures to insure the safety of the passengers and crews of such ships, and respect the pro perty on board. If murders be committed on the passengers or crews, those who may be the authors shall be pursued and punished as assassins by the justice of the country; and the Dry, moreover, shall pay to the Consul of the nation to which the persons who may have been the victims apper tain a sum equal in value to the amount of the cargo of the vessel. If there should have been several assassina tions, the Dey shall pay a sum equal to twice the value of the cargo; and in case there shall have been murder com mitted on individuals of different nations, the Dey shall divide between the Consuls of each nation, and in proportion to the number of persons assassinated, the sum he will have to pay; so that this sum can be directly transmitted by each Consul to the families of those whn may have perished. If the property and merchandise carried by the vessels wrecked happens to he plundered, the Dry shall restore the price to the Consul of the nation to which the vessel may appertain, independently of what he shall have to pay for the assassinations that may have been committed. 5. Foreign Powers' can henceforward establish their Con suls and commercial agents in every part of the regency they may desire, without having to make for thin object any present to the local authorities, and generally all tributes, presents, gifts, or other donations of any sort which Government or their agents pay in the Regency of Tripoli, of whatever title, in whatever circumstance, or under whatever denomina tion it may be, viz., such as at the conclusion of a treaty, or at the installation of a Consular rgent, shall be con sidered as abolished, and cannot he exacted nor re-established hereafter. 6. Foreign subjects can freely trade with Tripolitan sub jects on paying the established duties. They can buy from the subjects of the Dey, and sell to them without hindrance the merchandise produced by their respective countries, with out the Tripolitan Government forestalling for its own account such merchandises, or making monopolies thereof. France does not claim for herself any new commercial advantage, but the Dey engages himself for the present and for the future to make her participate in all the advantages, favours, facilities, and privileges whatever, which are or which shall be accorded, under any sort of title, to a foreign nation, advantages which shall be acquired by France on the simple demand of her Consul. 8. The capitulations made between France and the Porte, as also the ancient treaties and past conventions between France and the Regency of Tripoli, are confirmed, and shall continue to be observed in all their stipulations from which the present Act does not derogate. '9. The present treaty shall be published on Thursday the 12th of the present August, in the city of Tripoli, the 17th and the 22d in the neighbouring provinces and towns, and on the 12th of September next at the extremities of•the Regency, according to the forms and usages adopted in the country. Made in duplicate on board the ship of the line of his Most Christian Majesty the Trident, in the roadstead of Tripoli, in Barbary, the 11th of August, IS3B. ROSAME L. L'HADGI MOHAMMED BELT AL MIL. The Espoir de Bruxelles says The Duke o f Wellington, attended by a numerous suite is expected at Leige. He hes taken apartments at the Hotel d'Angleterre. We learn that he intends to be present at the races." APOTHECARIES' El A LL.—Narne s of gentlemen to whom the Court of Examiners granted certificates of.qualifi• cation on Thursday;—Samuel King Russell, Shrewsbury; James Jones; John Morgan, Narbeith ; John' Ballard Pitt, Worcester; Prank Bampfylde Tuttictt, Newport, Isle of Wight. DEATH BY LIGHTNING.-01 1 Tuesday week, a young man, named Kendall, in the employ of Mr. George Kettlewell, of Onseburn, farmer, was struck dead by the electric fluid, whilst standing for shelter under at, oak tree. A fellow servant was also under the tree at the time, and what is very remarkable, he was not in the slightest degree injured.— York Courant. FALLING OF A HOUSE IN SPITALFIELDS.— Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, a house in John-street, Spitalfields, adjoining Hanbury's brew-house, and tenanted by several poor weavers, fell down with a tremendous crash, but providentially was not attended with any serious consequences. One peraon, a female, had a most miraculous escape from de struction. • She was in bed at the time, and was thrown out, in it into the street, and not hurt. The accident is attributed to some labourers, who were undermining some earth close to the premises in question, and had taken no pre caution to shore up the walls. SHOCKING EVENT.—A singular and fatal acci dent occurred at Cold Ashton, near Marsfield, on Wednes day last, to a young girl, about fifteen years of age, named Charlotte Williams. She was on a visit to her uncle, mho keeps the White Hart at Ashton, and had been into a hayfield adjoining the house, and was sitting on the gate, having a hayfork in her band with the prongs toward her body, when t by some j ar t h e f or k struc k the ground, and one prong s entere d near the right breast, and, passing upwards, in wards, divided the carotid 'artery, and the poor girl bled to death Ellis, th a few mi nutes . An inquest was held before W. —Bristol the Esq•, and a verdict r e t urne d o f A cc id e ntal Dem. Gazette. g' V X' AyA \l , , - - IRELAND. /1 2 , 1 1 .7 e''' ; ''• '''' e)1 ,Kjiy ••• D i* l t - iitt::4 ....&.,,aZ. Z) MEETING AT THE CORN E -elf sOtair- 'iat'4 - a?a,. 4 The second meeting of Mr. O'Connell's oitaayiril 71 ' i suant to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's held to-day. The great room was crowde • $ 0A 1,„ lery was filled with ladies. lai r . Sharman Catscfcid"atirr present. • On the motion of Mr. O'Connell, General Ai -abin was called to the chair. Mr. O ' CONNELL said, that before he proceeded to the business of the day, he had two or three preliminary mat ters, and one resolution which he intended to submit. The first related to the unfortunate question of spirit license s, to defeat which all hi s exert i ons were use d , b ut w i t h out elf ct. The next point he had to speak on was the Poor-laws. He had been given to understand that an idea was .abroad that he had, on the last day, expressed his °pinball in favour of the measure. He did no such thing. What he said was, that he hoped the Poor-law would work well- - anything that was law he hoped would work well for the country, and he would further say, that the great God of Heaven may make it work well for the poor of Ireland. Whe'zr he spoke of Corporate Reform on the former day, and of turn.. ing out the Corporate body that exists at present, he did not. mean that a loss should fall on any individual._ be had no in dividual hoatility agaiest any one member of that body—he would not wisi; to injure those persons supporting their fa milies by salaries derived fra.m situations under the present corporation. There was anothasr subject to which he would allude with much pleasure—the Westmeath petition —on the last day he stated that the Catholic Clergymen had been grossly calumniated in every petition presented against the return of the independent Irish Member a. Of the thirteen pe titions, eleven had been tried, and not a single particle of evidence was offered to sustain these infamous charges. This fact leads to this observation, that the Caaholic people of Ireland, and their Clergy, have been grossly insulted by these charges, which have been most infamously crammed into those petitions, in order that they might be circulated thraugh the people of both countries, for the vile purpose of creating an unfavourable impression, and a bad feeling against the Catho lic Clergy and people of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) Now, as he (Mr. O'Connell) was speaking about the West meath petitlen, might he not say one word about the Mar quis of Westmeath.—( Hear, hear) ? That comical fellow ex ceeds, in point of depravity, any other man in the count.-y standing upon two legs, and is of so unsavoury a smell that' he (Mr. O'C.) would go half a mile out of his way sooner than he should come between hint and the wind. Nothing amused him so much as that he sleauld have this creature's ill-will ; and for what ? Why, becataise he said, " that his lady was blameless." Oh I what an oroament of husbands he must be.—(Laughter.) He instituted a suit aglinst her in order to procure a separation, and if he could sustain the charges which he had the indecency to put forwerd, he most undoubtedly would have succeeded in the object which he had in view ; but he did not. Success did not attend him. He failed, and, therefore, it is a crime for an Irishmen to say that an innocent and beautiful woman was blameless.—(ilear.) Why, that animal, Lord Westmeath, what reason has he to get into a pas: ion for such a thing as that ?—( Hear.) The reason is this—there was a pension paid to that lady of seven hundred pounds a-year ou: of his property, which, by a little bit of dex terity he made appeai' less. He made his rent-roll smaller than it: was, and he pays her noa' only 3i51. per year—there is base unmanliness to a beautiful and lovely woman—that woman whom he swore at the altar to protect, to love, to honour, and to cherish—that base wretch, convicted of cruelty to a defence less woman, has now become his (Mr. o*!...'s) calumniator.— ( Hear, hear.) He has asserted three lies. First the Carlow lie. Now, he ( Mr. O'Connell) never denied ,`lse Carlow lie; but the Right Rev. Dr. Nolan, the late Catholic Bishop of Carlow, who sat at his (Mr. O'C.'s) right hand, and Mr. Keough, the late high sheriff of Carlow, who sat at liss left, took the trouble of contradicting the foul and odious calumny, stating, under their hands, that the charge made against .trim (Mr. O'C.), by the Carlow Tories, was notoriously false; but yet the manly and moral Marquis of Westmeath repeated it;. and small blame to him.—(Hear.) The next lie was the "factory lie," the English factory lie, which charged him (Mr. O'Connell) with having received money from Man chester, but that lie had this character about it—that it was chronologically false—for he was bribed at the time when the money did not exist ; but yet the Marquis of Westmeath repeats it. The next lie which he put forward was that about " Mr. Barnard Maguire," who, he alleges, said that he (Mr. O'Connell) was bribed at the time when the Mtirquis of Westmeath prosecuted him, and that it was in consequence of that bribe that he (Mr. Maguire) was acquitted; and for that lie Mr. Maguire met the " Marquis" in Sackville-street, and spat in his face ; and what did the valiant Lord do? Why he put up with the insult; he wiped his face, and went away. —( Hear, hear.) Why, hi s I s :.ading counsel was Mr. Cramp ton, now Judge Crampton, and ii. f r. Perrin and Mr. O'Ltichlen were his (Mr. O'Connell's) broth,n• barristers in the cause, and where would be the use in bribing' him (Mr. O'Connell) if his leading counsel was not bribed alsC ; but, perhaps, he insinuated as much. Now, there was one fas't, and it was this —Mr. Jas. Gray, of the Linen-hall, a most rt. spectable man, was foreman of the Jury, and when he (Mr, O'Connell) and his legal friends h a d cl ose d th e i r ev id ence upon the part of Lord Westmeath, he said to one of the ..fudges— "My Lord, what has all this to do with Mr. Mag,lire ?" —and we turned about and consulted whether we would go on with the case or not, and then Judge Vandeleura, who tried the case, intimated that Mr. Maguire could l aot be acquitted until the end of the trial, and the trial was pro, - .ceded with. On the other side there was Messrs. Wallace and blackburne, and he (Mr. O'C.) put Wallace out of Court for it' he was allowed to speak, he would not Isaac left a mor ' sea of skin opon Lord Westmeath's back--for Mr. Wallace was none of yarn: ,-nealy.mouthed fellows—and so, by a little ma nagement, Mr, Wallace was put out of Court. But he (Mr. O'C.) went on stad made a speech of three hours—God for give him, but Mr. 1 1:7aguire was acquitted, and the other wit nesses, who were pronnced to prove a charge of adultery against the Marquis, went by that conviction. He was ac quitted of the charge of adultery ; but he was convicted of " cruelty." After this trial he wrote most kindly to him (Mr. O'C.), and, at a dinner which he had on the next day, he gave his (Mr. O'C.'s) health with all the honours, and he sent him (Mr. O'C.) his pamphlet, in which he said that he kicked the Duke of Vellington out of his house, and in which he threatened to horsewhip the Duke on his way down to the Ordnance. Somc body told the Duke—but the Duke took a good bunch of a silsillalah in his hand, and carried it about for A week, intendbag—not to horsewhip the Marquis —but to break every bone in ;:is body. This so deterred the "valiant" Marquis that he did not carry his threat into execution. As to that calumny, he Mr. O'Con nell) forgave it—and Mr. Maguire has the benefit of his (Mr... O'Connial's) evidence, to say that that verdict of acquittal is undiminished by that attack of the Marquis of Westmeath upon him. He ( Mr. O'Connell) considered the brute who was cruel to his wife, and convicted of treachery to every one that happened unfortunately to come in contact with him—a creature snore contemptible than any vermin that ever crawled perass a human head of hair—should sink to that oblivion intn which he (Mr. O'Connell) would most strenuously re commend him to retire. These calumnies contained in those petitions should be met everywhere—those foul slanders should be refuted. The Catholic people of Ireland owed it to them selves and to the Catholic clergy to come forward and demon strate to the world, that those charges were nothing more or less than foul lies and slanderous calumnies. THE NEW ASSOCIATION. Mr. O'CONNELL then entered into a very able review of the present posture of affairs, and concluded by reading hit is for the formation of th e P recui sor S oc i et y, w hi c h s to be finally organized in November. If justice, including the total extinction of tithes, be not obtained, then the Society is to be organized into aq,,Association-for a Repeal of the Union. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD next addressed the ;netting. He condemned the past policy of the Ministry regardlog.lteland, and strongly censured Mr. O'Connell's course of political conduct. After some angry discussion between the parties-, Mr. GALLOWAY observed that- Mr. Crawford had throw? a damp on the general feeling which actuated the asse:n bly ; he (Mr. Crawford) had exclusively occupied him self in reiterating past grievances, and in indulging in topics of dissension and disunion instead of giving a pledge for future. exertions ; he could bear testimony to the splendid talents and useful practical services of Mr. O'Connell in the cause of Ire land. He (Mr. Galloway) felt deeply anxious for the success of the Association, and Pegged he might be enrolled a member ; he would pledge himself to obtain similar acts of sympathy from other ,Englishmen, and Ass already authorised to pro pose twenty, whose names he hasllded in. Mr. G.'s obser vations, of ehich the above is the I,:ibstanee, were received with much applause. On the motion of O'Connell, a spc ciallvote of thanks was proposed to him, Lind carried, for his services in the cause of Ireland. A vast nunilx'r of members were then enrolled, and the meeting separated. SWIMMING SOCIETY.--The commencement of the competition for the gold medal offered by the National Svirr ming Society to the most expert swimmer, took place tits morning at the Serpentine River, .Hyde Park. Twelve or fourteen persona entered the lists qs competitors, all of whnnil plunged into the water at half. past six o'clock. The Society has directed that as many competitors as may desire it may contend on Monday (this day), Tuesday, Wednesday, wad Thursday ; and that the three most expert on each of th?s7 days shall be p r i v il ege d to compete i n t h e gran d ma tch wine will take place. on Friday next, on which day the twelve r ic lected will ha ve t o r l unge i n at a g i ve n hour, i touch / i opposite bank, and i mme di a t e ly r e turn ; the one first to be entitl e d t o th e go ld medal othred by thev mge ts Society.had Early this morning an immense concourse hi o c f h were p e rsonsmade assembled to witness the proceedings, w doubly interesting by the beauty o f the m o la r e ni d n i , r d . go T id he m e N d a d . Na tional Swimming Society bras o ffered a a the Art of Swimming, on or before t to any lady or gentleman who prod h uc fi p e rs the da bes o tEssayoia e next' year. propitiouspicturesque and agreeable watering has been hitherto hi g hly SPA (B E LGI fo U r Af t t ) i is—T-ile s e ason place, the principal hotels here, and the adjacent town of Aix la-Chapelle, being filled with English, Russian, and P russ i an visitors of distinction. Among the former are the Marquis, of Hertford and party, the Earl and Countess of Burlington, and several members of the Cavendish family, Earl and Countess of Stanhope, and Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lord Burghcrsh on his way to attend the Coronation at Milan, General Sir John M'Leod and family, Lord and Lady William Paget and family. Prince Maximilian of Bavaria passed through laGt, week on his return to Munich". Mr. Wood, Secretary to the English Admiralty, has taken a house at Aix-la-Chapelle for ;he season. Like most other continental watering places, there is a great deal of play going on, and the losses of the hank have, it is said, been considerable.